Zelfportret # 205-207 (Self portrait # 205-207)

After getting up home (lift with one large mirror) I went through some old stuff. I found a small framed photograph of myself made when I was 5 years old. I pose in front of the school photographer sitting in a kindergarten classroom. I immediately decided to do something with it: How does one relate to one’s youth.

Is the young person still in the heart of the same person when he has grown older. Or: Does young Jaap still live in old Jaap. I’ve been trying to photograph this question. The 2^nd one is the best. It expresses the mystery of Life.

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Vanwege Fragmentarische Aard (123) Because of a Fragmentic Nature (123)

Many advertisement posters contain staring eyes. Sometimes they look sternly, sometimes asking, sometimes seductively. Anyway, it is very interesting to see how these looks behave when put into a picture frame, combined with fragments of the surrounding world of the poster. The photographer can use the reflection of the glass of a tram stop shelter. A slightly surreal image can be the result. I’m always searching for that. 

The other photo was taken from a kind of banner in the local supermarket. I am a pretty tall person, so when I stretched my camera could easily reach for the model’s eyes.

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Zelfportret # 202-204 (Self portrait # 202-204)

Meanwhile I keep making self portraits. Today number 202-204.

Sometimes I feel like my own bad dream…

Never forget, dear viewer, it is a photograph, it’s not me. I tend to feel very happy.

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